>> Thursday, August 3, 2017

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CITY, Kalinga – Four men robbed at gunpoint a business couple here last week
and ran away with half a million pesos and personal items.

Police said the
incident happened of July 23 in Appas Sur at the residence of Ben Oliver, 42
and his wife Erlinda, 39.

The victims arrived
home around 8 p.m. that night from Bulanao public market and upon entering
their kitchen, Erlinda was followed by unidentified persons. One of
them pointed a firearm and declared the heist. One of the men
immediately took her bag containing
less P500,000 cash, five passbooks, TIN card, Comelec ID card
and driver’s license of her husband. The two suspects hit the head of Ben
with their firearm before searching all the rooms.

According to Ben, the thieves
armed with three handguns and
rifle, were all wearing ball caps and face mask. The house was
fully equipped with CCTV camera but the robbers destroyed the monitor
and took the memory cards. The unidentified men fled
towards the fire exit at the back of the house. Police lifted two
fingerprints of the suspects from the crime scene.